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'''Lynton Stephenson''' (1941-2007) was a film director and photographer.

== Biography ==

Lynton David Stephenson was born on 11 December 1941 to Sydney Stephenson, a chartered engineer, and his wife Sheila Henwood. A highly regarded commercial photographer, he was also one of South Africa’s most prominent producer of advertising films, which included such shorts as ''Winelands of the Cape: Worcester Show 1972'', which was sponsored by KWV . In 1974 it was announced that he was planning a film version of [[Olive Schreiner]]’s novel ''[[The Story of an African Farm]]'', but the anticipated financing fell through. Instead his first feature was an ambitious Xhosa version of ''[[Macbeth]]''. Entitled ''[[Maxhosa]]'' (1975), it featured [[David Phetoe]] and [[June Buthelezi]] in the leading roles.

This was followed by the short ''[[Six Feet of the Country]]'' (1977), based on a short story by [[Nadine Gordimer]] and with [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[Wilson Dunster]] and [[Fats Bookholane]] in the cast. The fact that he obtained the rights for this may have been due to the fact that he had married Philippa (Pippa) Cassirer, who was Gordimer’s daughter. A few years later its success led to a series of five medium-length television programmes based on Gordimer stories, of which Stephenson directed ''[[Good Climate, Friendly Inhabitants]]'' (1982), Both these films were scripted by [[Barney Simon]]. Another short, ''[[The Stronger]]'' (1983), was based on a one-act play by [[August Strindberg]], with [[Trix Pienaar]] and [[Sandra Prinsloo]] in the leading roles. In 1987 he directed the documentary ''Diagonal Street'', which was scripted by Gordimer. In a distinct departure from his previous work he was director of cinematography on ''Time of the Beast''/''Mutator'' (John R. Bowey/1989). According to the British Film Institute he died in 2007.

== Sources ==

Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm (1982)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827285/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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 Lynton David Stephenson was born on 11 December 1941 to Sydney Stephenson, a chartered engineer, and his wife Sheila Henwood.  A highly regarded commercial photographer, he was also one of South Africa’s most prominent producer of advertising films, which included such shorts as ''Winelands of the Cape: Worcester Show 1972'', which was sponsored by KWV .  In 1974 it was announced that he was planning a film version of [[Olive Schreiner]]’s novel ''[[The Story of an African Farm]]'', but the anticipated financing fell through.  Instead his first feature was an ambitious Xhosa version of ''[[Macbeth]]''.  Entitled ''[[Maxhosa]]'' (1975), it featured [[David Phetoe]] and [[June Buthelezi]] in the leading roles.
-This was followed by the short ''[[Six Feet of the Country]]'' (1977), based on a short story by [[Nadine Gordimer]] and with [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[Wilson Dunster]] and [[Fats Bookholane]] in the cast.  The fact that he obtained the rights for this may have been due to the fact that he had married Philippa (Pippa) Cassirer, who was Gordimer’s daughter.  A few years later its success led to a series of five medium-length television programmes based on Gordimer stories, of which Stephenson directed ''[[Good Climate, Friendly Inhabitants]]'' (1982),  Both these films were scripted by [[Barney Simon]].  Another short, ''[[The Stronger]]'' (1983), was based on a one-act play by [[August Strindberg]], with [[Trix Pienaar]] and [[Sandra Prinsloo]] in the leading roles.  In 1987 he directed the documentary ''Diagonal Street'', which was scripted by Gordimer.  In a distinct departure from his previous work he was director of cinematography on ''Time of the Beast''/''Mutator'' (John R. Bowey/1989).  According to the British Film Institute he died in 2007.
+This was followed by the short ''[[Six Feet of the Country]]'' (1977), based on a short story by [[Nadine Gordimer]] and with [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[Wilson Dunster]] and [[Fats Bookholane]] in the cast.  The fact that he obtained the rights for this may have been due to the fact that he had married Philippa (Pippa) Cassirer, who was Gordimer’s daughter.  A few years later its success led to a series of five medium-length television programmes based on Gordimer stories, of which Stephenson directed ''[[Good Climate, Friendly Inhabitants]]'' (1982),  Both these films were scripted by [[Barney Simon]].  Another short, ''[[The Stronger]]'' (1983), was based on a one-act play by [[August Strindberg]], with [[Trix Pienaar]] and [[Sandra Prinsloo]] in the leading roles.  In 1987 he directed the documentary ''Diagonal Street'', which was scripted by Gordimer.  In a distinct departure from his previous work he was director of cinematography on ''Time of the Beast''/''Mutator'' (John R. Bowey/1989).  He died on 2 August 2006.
 == Sources ==